Breakdown of Вечером я собираюсь слушать новый подкаст про здоровье.
я
I
новый
new
слушать
to listen
вечером
in the evening
Questions & Answers about Вечером я собираюсь слушать новый подкаст про здоровье.
Why is it вечером and not вечер?
Вечером is вечер in the instrumental case, used adverbially to mean in the evening / this evening / tonight.
Russian very often uses the instrumental of time words to say “at that time of day”:
- утром – in the morning
- днём – in the afternoon / during the day
- вечером – in the evening
- ночью – at night
So Вечером я… = In the evening I… / This evening I…
Plain вечер is just the noun evening in its basic (nominative) form.
Could the sentence start with Я вечером собираюсь… instead? Does the word order matter?
Yes, you can say:
- Вечером я собираюсь слушать новый подкаст про здоровье.
- Я вечером собираюсь слушать новый подкаст про здоровье.
Both are correct and natural.
Word order in Russian is flexible. The neutral patterns put time expressions either:
- At the beginning: Вечером я… (slight emphasis on when)
- Or after the subject: Я вечером…
Placing вечером first often sounds like you’re setting the scene: As for this evening, I’m going to…
What exactly does я собираюсь слушать mean compared to simply ?